All Ask NT Wright articles – Page 2
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ShowsAsk NT Wright Anything #209 Israel and the Second Coming (Replay)
How should Christians think about the place of Israel today? Do the Jewish people still have a distinct role in God’s purposes? The Bible says Jesus will return ‘soon’, so why hasn’t he?
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ShowsAsk NT Wright Anything #208 Questions about Doctrine, the Trinity and Baptism
What is the doctrine of the Trinity? Is the Trinity key to being a Christian? Is the doctrine of Baptism an essential? And should we be baptised if we’ve been christened? Tom Wright addresses these questions and more in this episode.
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ShowsAsk NT Wright Anything #207 Conversations about the afterlife
Heaven and Hell are the topic of today’s podcast with Tom Wright answering your questions about the afterlife. What is the nature of hell and what does Tom believe about it? What can be said about annihilationist or universalist views? If our loved one’s aren’t with us in heaven, can we be happy there? These and more listener questions get addressed by Tom Wright in this episode.
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ShowsAsk NT Wright Anything #206 How do I share my faith with my New Age, Muslim and Atheist Friends? (Replay)
What happens to those who don’t believe in Jesus? What can I say to my New Age sister? My Muslim friend gets so much comfort from her faith… do I need to evangelise her? These and more listener questions get addressed by Tom Wright in this episode.
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ShowsAsk NT Wright Anything #205 What is Prayer, really?
In this episode, Tom answers listener questions on prayer and shares some of his own habits and approaches to praying – If God knows our needs, what’s the point of prayer? Can we claim ‘anything’ by faith in Jesus name? What do Tom’s prayer habits look like? These and more listener questions on today’s show.
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ShowsAsk NT Wright Anything #204 A pastor deconstructs his faith, questions of sin and strugging with unforgiveness and other pastoral questions
From the archives: We hope you’ll enjoy this pastoral episode with Tom as he addresses pressing questions on challenging family dynamics, navigating unforgiveness, and a candid exploration of faith struggles from a church pastor. Plus, a somewhat soulful touch as Tom shares a song again for us, with a rendition of a Leonard Cohen’s classic on the guitar.
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ShowsAsk NT Wright Anything #203 Christian unity, denominations and the modern Church (Replay)
In this replay from the Archives we’re diving into questions of Church Unity, Denominations, Worship and questions facing the Modern Church. Is attending church essential for being a Christian? What shapes our theology of worship? How do we navigate our denominational choices?
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ShowsAsk NT Wright Anything #202 LGBTQI+, Transgender and Questions of Sexual Ethics (Replay)
Join Tom in this replay episode from the archives as he addresses listener’s questions on navigating conversations about sexuality within the church, co-habitation, and the evolving understanding of homosexuality in the New Testament and today. With insights into Tom’s perspective on LGBTQI+ and transgender issues, inspired by a letter to The Times newspaper.
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ShowsAsk NT Wright Anything #201 Interpreting Genesis, Adam and Eve, Suffering and the Fall (Replay)
As we dive into the new year here’s a replay from the podcast archives, where Tom Wright answers listener questions on how to interpret the early chapters of Genesis, what he believes about the nature of Adam and Eve, and whether suffering and death existed before the fall… Tom also pulls out the guitar once more for a Bob-Dylan x Genesis story song.
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ShowsAsk NT Wright Anything #200 A Christmas Special - Tom answers your questions about his life and work (Replay)
In this replay from the podcast archives, Tom answers listener questions about his role as Senior Research Fellow at Wycliffe Hall Oxford, his work habits and his love of classical music… plus a Christmas question or two.
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ShowsAsk NT Wright Anything #199 Can we trust the Christmas Narratives? Responding to questions about Christmas and Bart Erhman on the historical Jesus (Replay)
Tom Wright responds to audiences questions about Christmas and the birth narratives, the reliability of the gospels, Bart Ehrman on textual transmission, the dating of the gospels, and whether the Ascension actually happened as described.
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ShowsAsk NT Wright Anything #198 Veganism, ethics and activism (Replay)
From the archives: Tom answers listener questions around if we should eat meat, whether we’ll all be vegan in the new creation and if violent protest is ever acceptable
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ShowsAsk NT Wright Anything #197 US politics, conspiracy theories and prophecy (Replay)
From the archives: Tom answers listener questions on the prevalence of conspiracy theories, US church support for Trump and the failed prophecies of his returning to power
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ShowsAsk NT Wright Anything #196 Pain and suffering Part 2 (Replay)
From the archives: In this second of a two-part episode series looking at the question of Suffering, Tom shares his thoughts on heart-breaking pastoral questions from listeners around how to respond to grief and mental health.
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ShowsAsk NT Wright Anything #195 Pain and suffering Part 1 (Replay)
From the archives: In this first episode looking at the question of Suffering, Tom shares his thoughts on the difficult questions listeners have around issues such as dementia, death, the global pandemic and whether God himself suffers.
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ShowsAsk NT Wright Anything #194 Icons, praying to saints & dividing over sexuality (Replay)
From the archives: Tom answers listener questions around whether shrines are pagan, infant baptism is biblical and how we can live in unity with theological differences around sexuality.
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ShowsAsk NT Wright #193 Should women preach and lead in church? What about marriage? (Replay)
From the archives: Tom answers listener questions around gender, women in leadership and the dynamics of family life.
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ShowsAsk NT Wright Anything #192 Big questions from and about children (Replay)
From 2020: Tom answers listener questions on how to talk to children about tricky things like suffering and hell. Plus, we talk about parenting and discipling children and young people
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ShowsAsk NT Wright Anything #191 Donald Trump, gay cakes and white privilege (Replay)
Tom answers listener questions on the upcoming US election, religious freedom in the case of Christian cake makers, and the concept of ‘white privilege’ in current debates on racial justice. For Tom’s full talk on ‘Undermining Racism’ For Esau McCaulley’s book ‘Reading While Black’
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ShowsAsk NT Wright Anything #190 Ananias and Sapphira and more tricky theological questions (Replay)
From the archives: How do we reconcile the New Testament account of Ananias and Sapphira being struck dead with the cross-shaped vision of a God of love? These and other tricky theological questions on original sin, Open Theism and why God considers us ‘worthy’ of his love are answered by Tom.
